Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weg

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Noun

*weg m[1]

  1. way, road

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *weg
Genitive *wegas
Singular Plural
Nominative *weg *wegō, *wegōs
Accusative *weg *wegā
Genitive *wegas *wegō
Dative *wegē *wegum
Instrumental *wegu *wegum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: weġ
  • Old Frisian: wei
    • North Frisian: wey
    • Saterland Frisian: Wai
    • West Frisian: wei
  • Old Saxon: weg
    • Middle Low German: wech
      • Dutch Low Saxon: weg
      • German Low German: Weg
      • Plautdietsch: Wajch
  • Old Dutch: weg
  • Old High German: weg, wec

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212:PWGmc *weg